Dudley Althaus

Oct 28, 2024 | axisnegocios.com | Alfredo Corchado |Dudley Althaus

28 de oct. (Puente News Collaborative) -- Nuevos comienzos surgen en los lugares más inesperados. Para Enock Méndez y su amigo Deriube Moreno, recién llegados de Nicaragua, ese resurgir ocurre en un par de sillas alquiladas en una peluquería bien iluminada en la ciudad de Milwaukee, no lejos de donde se celebraron la convención republicana y un evento de campaña demócrata el verano pasado.

Oct 28, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Alfredo Corchado |Dudley Althaus

There is crime here, yes, and drug addiction. Gangs have been a problem in the past, residents say. Drug counselors from private groups and medical teams from the Milwaukee fire department offer advice, Narcan and other aid on street corners. Undocumented immigrants have not been able to obtain a drivers’ license in Wisconsin for the past dozen years. But on a recent Monday evening, nearly new cars and SUVs packed the parking lot of El Rey, the neighborhood’s largest grocery chain.

Oct 1, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Eduardo Garcia |Eduardo García |Alfredo Corchado |Omar Ornelas |Dudley Althaus

Con los dos países compartiendo una frontera de más de 3.200 kilómetros, México es el mayor socio comercial de Estados Unidos y un aliado clave en el manejo de inmigrantes sin documentos y del tráfico de narcóticos. Bajo la presión de Estados Unidos, México ha cooperado en la supresión de gran parte del tráfico de inmigrantes que van al norte desde Centro y Sudamérica, así como de otras partes del mundo. El caso de las drogas ha sido mucho menos exitoso.

Oct 1, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Eduardo Garcia |Eduardo García |Alfredo Corchado |Omar Ornelas |Dudley Althaus

With the two countries sharing a 2,000-mile border, Mexico is the U.S.’s largest trading partner and a key ally in managing immigrants without documents and narcotics trafficking gangs using the country as a springboard. Under U.S. pressure, Mexico has cooperated in suppressing much of the immigrant traffic — if not the narcotics — heading north.

Jul 6, 2024 | palabranahj.org | Alfredo Corchado |Monica Almeida |Paul Mena |Dudley Althaus

Costs paid by Chinese to smugglers vary, but a smuggler in Ciudad Juarez, bordering El Paso, recently told USA Today the aided journey can run more than $75,000.  While Texas has been a major gateway in recent years, toughened enforcement by Mexican authorities in states like Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Nuevo Leon has pushed the migration streams westward in 2023. Many of the migrants now pass through Southern California, particularly the Tijuana-San Diego area.